Hotels near Lake Dan Nature Preserve, Hillsborough County

The environment is beautiful and the location is also very good. It is 10 minutes away from the airport road. It is very convenient to all scenic spots. There is a very good Brazilian restaurant next to the hotel. The hotel services are also good. There is a free bus to the airport that can be reserved at any time

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The staff at Le Meridian could not have been better or nicer! They were incredibly friendly and helpful….a big shout out to LaLithia at the front desk who was awesome and helped us upon check-in. The glass of complimentary sparkling wine upon check-in is a nice touch. The complimentary coffee in the lobby from 6 am until noon is also a nice and appreciated touch. Our room was very spacious and very clean. I am giving my review a 4 start vs 5 star because of the room decor and, quite frankly, the hotel (hallway decor) as well. Whoever was in charge of interior design should be fired! Our room was incredibly depressing because EVERY wall except the entry hall was painted a DARK gray. The carpet (new at least) was also a DARK gray. The bathroom was ….guess what….a DARK gray. Because the hotel is a converted old court house, the ceilings are high and made of cement so there is no recessed lighting (understandable). BUT, there wasn’t even a floor lamp in our room. It was SO DARK and DEPRESSING. Needless to say, we felt we were living in a CAVE. When you stay at an upscale hotel for a getaway or mini vacation, you expect to feel happy and uplifted. The decor did just the opposite. In addition, our room was lacking ANY seating area other than the bed and a desk chair (at bar height to match the bar height desk). It was CLEARLY MISSING a couple of comfortable occasional chairs. We called the front desk as soon as we walked into our room and requested a couple of chairs. They brought us 2 stacking chairs. I guess it was the best they could do under the circumstances but they certainly weren’t comfortable chairs that one would want to relax in. Also, the TV was very small given the size of the room and the distance from the bed to the TV. As for my reference to the hotel decor, and specifically the hallways, Marriott fell so far short in making this hotel what it COULD be given its unique history and architecture. When you walk down the hallways the bottom half of the walls have old marble (a nice touch and vestigial feature of the court house) BUT the top half of every wall is BARE. It is just COLD and lacks ANY sign of nice decor. Why wouldn’t they line these hallways with old, framed photos of court houses, court rooms, judges, etc???? Or old photos of Tampa? Or have a local artist paint murals on these walls? Ironically, the hotel gives its guests free passes to the Tampa Art Museum but whoever designed the interior space didn’t bother to include ANY artwork in the hallways. And the “artwork” in our room consisted of a few ugly, random cheaply framed posters. You might think that I am overly critical….after all, as I said, the staff was lovely and responsive and our room was spacious, quiet and clean. BUT, because our room was just so DARK and DREARY and DEPRESSING we wanted to minimize the time we spent at this hotel.

The room is very spacious and clean. The bedding is very comfortable. Two big beds can accommodate four people. The son owns a bed and includes 5 breakfasts. The breakfast variety is okay, there are hot scrambled eggs and meatloaf, you can also make homemade waffles, original flavor and blueberry flavor, very delicious.

I don't know if it is because the first floor, or Florida is too humid, anyway, there is a musty smell when entering the door. The room is quite big and the facilities are a bit old. The front desk is a bit indifferent compared to other hotels. Breakfast is similar, classic American. Stayed for two nights and slept the worst since coming to the United States. It's not noisy around, but the room doesn't feel very comfortable. There is a swimming pool, I haven't used it. I don't know how the score came from.

Stayed here for 4 nights. Excellent staff; everyone was very pleasant and professional. Had a problem with our room lock so had to move to another room. Toilets are way too low (unless you are very short). Why would a hotel renovate and not update to high toilets? Water pressure was low. Nice feature was the shampoo, conditioner & gel attached to wall. No maid service unless requested ( did not realize this as not told when checked in) only a sign posted. Room very clean and updated. Free breakfast good but ran out of bacon both days that we ate there. Parking fine and always managed to find a space.

Due to the special period, the first time I stayed at this hotel, the overall is good, the hotel is good, but there is a smell of ”pet” in the room. Unfortunately, the shampoo and body soap in the room have reached the bottom of the bottle. The conditioner has an empty bottle. We couldn't meet the normal bathing use of these. Hotel location is good, hotel lobby, room layout is in place, the overall look is a bit old, hotel breakfast is OK, continental breakfast, the hotel website indicates that you can check in at 3:00 pm every day, but we arrived at the hotel at 3:30, the front desk told us that the computer was slow, Asked us to wait a little longer. At this time, I saw many customers coming in from outside the hotel to the front desk. The customer service quickly checked in. We waited until more than four o'clock in the afternoon. Some were anxious. I asked the front desk customer service again. The customer service said that I would wait a while and I had already responded to the manager. It was about 4:15. The front desk customer service checked in for us. Due to our special circumstances, the front desk asked the customer service if we could delay our check-out until 1:00 when we checked in the room late today. The front desk customer service replied that we could not have to check out at 12:00. Very helpless, Unsatisfactory hotel terms specifically bind guests staying, do not constrain the management level of the hotel, home away from home is the service tenet of the hotel! I hope that the hotel will improve the awareness of customer service for the stay!